Login Issue – Possibly htaccess?

Hey guys,
After much work, i’ve got my new site up and running but am having 1 issue with the site. When a site visitor clicks the “Login” or “Register” button at the top, the .htaccess prompt is displayed for them to type in a username and password, instead of just directed them to the login or register page.

I currently have 2 .htaccess files…1 in the root, the other in the wp-admin folder. The one in the root has the following code:

The .htaccess file in the wp-admin folder is setup so that if someone goes to http://www.mysite.com/wp-admin , they are prompted with the .htaccess username and password box before being directed to the wordpress admin login page.

I have permalinks turned on and the apache mod_rewrite plug-in is enabled on a unix server. Also, I am using the Register Plus plug-in that customizes the login page.

Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Otto,
Thanks so much for the response! After doing some general research, I had found several articles that recommended to add an htaccess file in the wp-admin directory to add an extra level of security so that people trying to get to the wp-admin login page to hack it could not access it.

Have you found this to be untrue? I’m relatively new to wordpress and am trying to take any precautions to make the site as secure as possible.

Any feedback you can provide is greatly appreciated!

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